Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 4, 1897, Page 1

eneacoouanees Prertiitts Voi VI—No. 14. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn,, SaturDay, DecemBER 4, 1897. Two Doxiars a YEAR SS re er SS SeaD ares FLELSLSLSFSLSMSLSLSLSQSIELSLSWSLELSS Annual— —~—- Clothing Sale.... oo | This is the Time to buy. ERE fe ME REE RE TERIOR Hi Se a a ae ae ae ae ae a ae ae ae e%e2 ae Ee ee Ee eee eee ee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee ee age REICH eee ne ee Re Re = Come in and See Us. Another Consignment No Trouble to Show Goods. Of Gents’ Overcoats Ulsters, Suits 3 Odd Trousers, Boys’ Overcoats. Courteous Treatment. Our Stock is Now Complete. Itasca Mercantile Company, Grand Rapids, - These Goods are up to Date and are Selling ata Bargain. if you are in need of an Overcoat we have got just what you want and at Right Prices. Minn. --- Prices Right. 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POWERS, SEIS IEE Rae gone ae gata dene o Our Winter’s Stock Is daily arriving, and will this season be larger than ever. It comprises all the latest styles and patterns in | | | Suits, Overcoats. Trousers and Furnishings, | purchased on our recent trip East, and personally inspect- ed before shipment Every garment guaranteed and our prices are always right. Marr's Clothing & Dry Goods Store GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. ae AAHETSE RENO EEEORERREETRESES EGET OSEANSER ESE SERE CEES OUR NEW LINE OF: Cloaks: JUST OPENED. ;: PRIGES RIGHT. @, bl, MAR. : jprobably trom a defective chimney, -and had got under good headway be- }and waier. | the insurance on the contents of | the | doing business there as busily as ever. {neighbors and friends who did such less domestic, who has been at | poor house for a short time, was. tak i JOHNSON’S LOSS. | Our Leading Tailor Meets with a Severe Loss by Fire. members of the hose and hook and ladder companies responded prom {and ina surp | their August Johason’s ment on Kindred y short ume appliances at the sae of | tailoring —establish- } venue, i It was a_ biti cold morning, | being several degrees -below zero at | the time, making the task of puttung jout a fire any:hing but a_ pleasant ‘one. ‘The fire had started in theattc, | fore it was discovered. By the liberal use of axes and a plentiful use of water under a strong pressure it was but a short ume: before | the fire was extinguished, but the} upper part of the building was badly gutted and the whole building | was rendered unfit for occupancy. | Almost the entire contents’ ot both | floors were removed, some articles} being slightly damiged by smoke | Mr. Johnson had allowed | the | building to lapse a couple of montis ago, thinking he would renew it when he jeit home toward spring to take orders in the camps, Ihe United | States Savings and Loan Association carned insurance on the building. Mr, Johnson immediately leased Boston Grand building and is He teels extremely grateiul to his} excellent work in saving his property. Adjudged Insane. CarrieOleson, a homeless and fr iend- the | en before Judge Kiley, ‘I hursday, dnd atter being examined, as to. her sanity, by Doctors Russell and Storch, was declared insane and was taken to the asylum at Furgus Falls by Sheriff Toole this morning. She has been employed at the Hotel Gladstone and | the Pokegama and later has been at the Ehle & Russell hospital unul a couple of weeks ago. It was thought best to take her to the poor house. Her mind, never very strong, has been failing unul complaint was made as to her sanity, with the above result. Returned From the Manitou Country. Jol.n Troop has just returned from; Canada where he has been, putting | in the summer months prospecting. | Richard Knox was with him in his exploration. They located what they think isa good lead and Mr. Troop will return in the spring and assist in iis developement. Mr Knox remained in the Manitou country and will work ina mine during the winter. They think the prospect for making a good “clean up” are better for them up there, than they are here. Here’s | this to be a fact and the heavy in- | have had this fall, is a most gratifying For the first time for several months, the fire bell at Villag Hall sounded the alarm of fire last Wednesday morning: at 9:30. The! jsupply the trade with the best goods| } pr {| L | price was su low, that they almost} | year’s |state, however, produced a fine artic- ‘over all others. hoping the boys will do well. . | Mean What They Say. | The readers of the Herald-Review | have no doubt noticed that W. J. |& H. D. Powers always claim to handle the best of every thing in the hardware line. Their patrons know rease in the volume of buisness they proof, to them, that their efforts to manuiactured and at a_ reasonable} cz? is appreciated by the public. During the past week we had them put ove of the famous Beckwith Round Oak stoves in our office and although it has a very large room to heat, it does the business most admir- | ably and it is\ali that it 1s claimed to be—a heater without a superior. POTATO IS KING. | Minnesota Farmers can Sell all They Have } This Year. Last year and the year before, the petato was rather a friendless article. ‘There were so many of them, and the} t begging, but from present in-| cations ib would appear that soon none but the rich can enjoy the lux- ury of tbe starehy tuber. ‘The potato serves asa part of daily foud of the majority of the people in the north- ern part of the couutry, many of | whom serve thew in t avy different ways, three times a day. Minnesota become famous througn- out the United States as a potato] state In 1885 the total crop of the ate was about 5,000,000 busbels,. aud was almost entirely consumed at home, in the cities and on the farms. In 1895. the crop of the state umount- | ed. to 24,500,000 bushels, and Min- nesota rose from the twentieth state in the union as producer of potatoes} to tbe third place. This year the crop will be considerably larger than was estimated. At least 18,000,000 | bushels will be shipped out of the state. A large part of the crop of last year was converted into starch, and Lhe price was su low that thous- ands of bushels rotted in the ground, not being worth the digg‘ng. ‘This production will bring from $5,000,000 to $8,060,000 into the state A protitable investmnt, indeed. ‘The quality of this year’s tuber is, far above the average, and has not al little to du with demand. Itis hard and sound, and will keep better. iu the warm southern Climates. than potatoes which are grown farther suuth.. Not every portion of the le this year, asin many places the potatoes were effected with rot.'Thouse which were grown upon the high lands, in a ‘light loamy soil, are said to the finest that have ever been grown, and take the biue ribbon ‘The demand is the ‘heaviest ever known. About the only states tbat } Supply. frow Minueapolis to every state in} j Dec. leet its supply from these four states. The high water mark of the season so far, in price, was Sept. 15, but the demand is so heavy and increasing so rapidly, that it e Lo say the price will increase frony 20 to 40 per cent during the winter. Every potato thatis of merchantable quality, will be needed, and tite farmers can dis- pose of all that they have. A fact which has never occurred before, is that the New England states are Grawing heavily upon Minuesota for Potatvues have been shipped the union, and to almost every city. They go by the train loads.to Chicago, Memphis, Ci cinnati, St. Louis and even into Florida. Many car loads have been shipped to Boston, which has never been obliged to call upon the West forasupply. A fair con- ception of the vast movement is the fact that one railroad bas brought into the city an average of a_ train Joad per day since the seasyn began. Anarmy of menare in th~ country buying, and the wholesale dealers who are overrun with orders, are reaping a harvest.—News Tribune. December Weather Data. The data for the munth of Decem ber has been issued by’ the weather bureau a d shows the mean temper- ature for the past twenty six years to have been 18 degrees above zero. The coldest month was 5 degrees above in 1873 and the warmest 34 de- grees above in 1877. The warmest temperature recordel in December was 54 degrees above on Dec. 12, 1891, and the coldest 34 degrees below on , 1879. The average precipita- tion for the month has been 1.36, the greatest being 3.89 inches in 1879, and the least .15 inches in 1892. The iecord in any twenty-four con- secutive hours since the winfer of 84-85 wis 50 inches on Dec. 11, 1886. The average number of clear days was 8; partly cloudy, 11 and cloudy, 12. Prevailing winds have been from the southwest and the maximnm velocity was sixty miles from the southwest on Des. 16, 1874, Palaces On Wheels The Burlington’s new Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago and St. Louis train consists of: A buffet library car. A combination sleeping car. A Standard sleeping car. A compartment sleeping car. A dining car. A reclining chair car. A day coach (high back seats.) The most costly, beautiful, luxrui ous six cars on earth. Steam heated. Electric lighted. Wide vestibuled. No extra fares. Leaves Minneapolis 7 20 p..m., St. Paul, 8:05 p. m. daily. ba Tickets at 306 Nicollet_Ave., Miny had any crops at all besides Min- nesota, were Wisconsin, Michigan aud New York. Every state west of the Rocky mountains is obliged to neapolis 400 Robert St. (Hotel Ryan,) Stu Paul. The Herald-Review for Job work. THE STATE LAUGHS LAST. Secretary Bliss Decides the Duluth Land Office Case. Secretary Bliss decided the case of the State of Minnesota vs. John Long, John Caldwald et al., involving large intersetsin Minnesota, and of extreme significance as a precedent. The case came from the Duluth land district, and the decision of the general Jand office, which rejected the state claims to the land at issue is largely modified. ‘The issue was the construction of the act of March 3, 1879, which al- lowed the state to select 24 sections out of any public lands, to be selected by the governor, within three years of the approval of the act. The general land vuffice held the three year proviso to be mandatory; the secretary of the treasury now Coustrues it to be di- rectory, permitting late selection on presenvuation of any reasonable ex- cuse for delay. The department, in its decision, says: “The rule of construction in- dicated in this case has been followed by courts in an unbroken line of de cision and to adapt a different rule would be to cloud the title to mil- lions of acres of public lands patent- ed under land grants which have been unformly help to take effect ag though on the date of the granting act, although the lands were not actually identified until later periods.” Badly Injured. Harry Wallace met with an ac- cident last Monday, that came within an ace of proving fatal. ile has been stopping with Wm. Meyers at his ranch and on the day in question, having been down town, weut home with Mr. Meyers on a load of supplies. A laboring man, cuffering from an over-load of booze, was on the load and it required a good deal of attention from Harry to keep him from falling off. Just before the ranch was reached the wagon struck an obstruction that checked it suddenly and in trying to keep his companion from falling under the wheel, they both lost their balance and fell to the ground. The rear wheel of the heavily loaded wagon struck Harry in the neck and doubled him up. in sucha manner that Mr. Meyer, who was driving, thought his neck was broken. He was taken to the ranch in an insensible condition, but soon recovered partial conscious- ness. By the nextday he had regained his faculties, and aside from a badly wrenched neck and a bruised head he suffered no injury. It will be some time, however, before he will be him- self again. @nly Three Trains on Barth Worthy of comparison with the Burlington’s “Minneapolis and St. Paul-Chicago Limited.” One jn Eu- rope; two east of Chicago—nane west. So beautiful, go luxurious, g0 costly- a train has never before been at the | Sorin of the traveling public of the orthwest.